Improvement in temples for looms



N. I. ALLEN. Temple for Loom.

No. 200,814. Patented March 5,1878.

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UNITED STATES/PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS r. ALLEN, or norEn LE, MASsAonUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To nUTonEE TEMPLE COMPANY, or SAME rLAoE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEMPLES FOR LOOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent-No. 200,814, dated March 5,1878; application filed September 1, 1877.

State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Temple for Looms, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to loom-temples of the classknown as reciprocatmg temples, adapt- The cloth is ledinto the temple at the opening h, and the selvage is carried into the slot between the base and cover and under the rods until it reaches the vertical stop-pins 4. (See Fig. 2.) The pins e incline outward toward the selvages, and so placed they keep the cloth stretched or distended widthwise. As the under the action of the lay and a suitable spring, the teeth, engaging the cloth, cause the rods to partially turn or oscillate on their axes. Each rod has an arm, f, which, as the rod is moved in this way, meets a stop, 4, which prevents its further rotation.

Each rod is placed above and within a concaved portion of the base, and the crests of the curved portions assist in holding the cloth up, and act to partially wrap it about the rods and press it against the pins.

Any desired number of rods or bars may be employed.

I claim- 1. In a loom-temple, two or more toothed The slotted piece at 1s adapted to be conrods, substantially as described, in combinanected by means of a screw, l, with a carrier tion with stops adapted to co-operate with and like that shown in United States Letters Patlimit the oscillation of the rods both forward ent No.177,227, May 9, 187 6; or the head may and backward, substantially as Set forth. be connected with any reciprocating temple 2. The temple-rods provided with pins and of usual construction. arms f, in combination with the base and cap The rods 0 have each a row of pins or teeth, and stops for the arms, substantially as de- 6 pointing toward the outer edge of the temscribed. ple'head or the selvage of the cloth. In testimony whereof I have signed my The journals 2 at the inner ends of the rods name to this specification in the presence of rest in bearings in the cap 12, and the journals two subscribing witnesses. 3 at the outer ends in bearings in the base a. 7 NICHOLAS I. ALLEN. Each rod is provided with an arm, f, to en gage a stop, 4, at the completion of, each partial rotation backward and forward.

The invention consists in a temple-head provided with a series of loosely-held rods or bars provided with teeth or pins to engage the cloth, the rods rocking or turning partially on their axes as the temple-head is reciprocated.

Figure 1 represents in top view the head of one of my improved temples; Fig. 2, a front view thereof; Fig. 3, a cross-section, and Fig. 4 a view of one of the rods detached.

The head is made in two parts, a being the base, and b the removable cap or cover to inclose the rods or rocking bars 0, three being shown in the drawing.

Witnesses:

F. J. DUToHER, W. S. BAnoRoET.

temple is reciprocated backward and forward 

